and

ADaPT

(Association for Dance and Performance Telematics)

It is a hybrid game/performance environment created by ADaPT (Association for Dance and Performance Telematics) which includes among others Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona), Nottingham Trent University (Nottingham, UK) and de Waag Society for Old and New Media (Amsterdam, NL).

Each site will function as a room in the "flophouse," in which on-site participants can interact with remote participants.

For those tuning in remotely, there will be a live stream of the performances. The urls will be posted here.
stream urls:
rtsp://qt2.waag.org/waag_vf.sdp
rtsp://qt2.waag.org/asu2.sdp

Johannes Birringer (Nottingham Trent) has uploaded some interesting footage and process documentation of the last ADaPT hybrid gaming/performance experiments between Nottingham Trent and Wayne State University here:
http://art.ntu.ac.uk/performance_research/birringer/lat.htm
http://art.ntu.ac.uk/performance_research/birringer/lat2.htm
http://art.ntu.ac.uk/performance_research/birringer/lat3.HTM
http://art.ntu.ac.uk/performance_research/birringer/lat4.htm

On 12 Mar 2004, at 11:41, Josephine Dorado wrote:

Hi wranglers!
sher and I were discussing something yesterday that I thought would be
of interest to the packetwrangler list.
In terms of the human-human connection within an online gaming
environment, there are deeper relationships there that can be explored.
I'm not talking about the avatar-avatar relationship but rather the
social connection that is reflected behind it.
For instance, how do the remote and local gamers work together, in
order to achieve their goal?
Whether it's to complete a task or level, there is a kind of social
cooperation that exists.
Are they sharing something to achieve a goal? or are they giving
something up? or is one giving something up while the other receives?
are they moving towards/away from a target together? how exactly is
one gamer helping or hindering the other gamer in order to complete the
task?
And does this "cooperation system" change, as the levels change? or
does it stay consistent?
I think an awareness of this within especially a remote/collab scenario
is worth reflecting upon.
cheers,
~Josephine

On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 12:09 PM, sher doruff wrote:

Hi from a lurker,

adding to josephine's comments and questions one might want to ask
'how' these social negotiations are experienced. if there are 
cooperative
strategies taking place, how are they perceived through the interface,
the representation of the mediated space and the experience of the
performers in the physical space? lots of things happening in this 
extended
social interplay - how do you experience the contact with the others 
experience?
seems a crucial question when making choices that impact a community.

greetings,

sher

Josephine (24/03/04): Henk is setting up a fixed IP address for us - yay! woohoo! so we can test receiving osc directly.

From: "a_seech"
Date: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:11:47 AM Europe/Amsterdam
To: PacketWranglers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: PacketWranglers Viroid Flophouse
Reply-To: PacketWranglers@yahoogroups.com

Hello Adapters,
We've been working furiously here at ASU and have addition conceptual content to add to our gaming narrative. We've been thinking about the purpose of our game. What are we trying to say about the idea of self-sacrifice to the virus. Our conclusion are as follows. The individual gamer must sacrifice him/herself to the virus to bind with the virus creating a super-virus. The dissolving rooms become a metaphor for the loss of identity for the protection of this growing over-riding structure. The game begins to take on an Orwellian sense as it progresses. The virus (which we have begun to call the virus goddess) grows into a Big Brother like super-structure as the gamer's identities are absorbed into the resistant viral strain. At the end of each game level, Saira will acknowledge the sacrifice as a virtual alter is built after each level is successfully completed. Virus becomes a comment on surveillance and safety. The individual joins the collective body, sacrificing the self in pursuit of security and protection. We want to comment on the notion of protecting society (american in this sense) from outside threatening forces. Individuals relinquish their freedoms in pursuit of safety and protection from the "enemy". The virus is seen as a protector, however she is deceptive, living on self-sacrifice, tricking the individual in believing that fusion is ultimately of great benefit to him/her.
We plan on creating a series of gaming environments. These games will range from puzzles, to treasure hunts and mazes. These gaming environments may or may not include the benevolent or vindicative avatars, who assist or deter the gamer's process of self-sacrifice.
We will be adding more as we continue to refine our structures.
Talk to you later, apryl 

xgz (03/04/04): together with Jos working out some plans for tech and cont - game of life may be at the basis for now

From: orpheus2
Date: Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:42:32 PM Europe/Amsterdam
To: <PacketWranglers@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: PacketWranglers Viroid Flophouse
Reply-To: PacketWranglers@yahoogroups.com

Hello all:

I just re-arrived in Germany and want to pick up where we left, I have been reading your commentaries (ASU), and had a chance to speak with John over the phone, and I suppose my main worry is that we need a clarification on :
-- precise event date & time for Viroid Flophouse:   26 th April  (what time zone - summer time are you in now)
-- rehearsal times?
-- organizational structure (who does what when) or dramaturgy
-- which participants
Our biggest problem as a group has been the lack of shared rehearsals of this new venture, and I include myself, i am inoperative when between US and Germany, but I should be back in Nottingham in my telematics lab there by the beginning of next week, and from 21st April on I can meet for rehearsals.  That might be a bit late, but perhaps we can do a walk through on the Friday before the opening. Before that Friday, the 23rd, it would be good if you sent the participants a task force sheet.

While I follow your conceptual plans, and am intrigued by your vision of the piece, I am also baffled by the ideological framework that is emerging, and must assume it is meant ironically, otherwise this is getting tricky:

Virus becomes a comment on

surveillance and safety. The individual joins the collective body,

sacrificing

the self in pursuit of security and protection. We want to comment on the notion of protecting society (american in this sense) from outside

threatening

forces. Individuals relinquish their freedoms in pursuit of safety and

protection

from the "enemy". >>

This is a political comment and critique of this "collectivization", is it? Where and what are the "altars"?   (is this a religious subtext)?  and how are we to act once we enter into the levels? How are we being absorbed? I assumed we would be receiving patches to experiment with, is there still time to do that?
As far as time scheduling-coordination is concerned, I suppose we were in dire straits this time, I have not heard from Kelly in while about the WSU project, and my team is still on spring break on the 26th, so you will have to live with me as sole virous.
let's communicate on the working plan for the event.
PS :  ASU please send info for the ADAPT archive on the Hawai conference, which paper was delivered by whom, where and when. thanks
Johannes Birringer
LATela Nottingham

Josephine (12/04/04): happy easter!
game of life thoughts:
http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/life.html
(directions for the game of life board game and associated tile colors)

"TILE SPACES
SPACE COLORS
As you move your car, notice the space colors they're important! Here's what the colors mean:

Orange Spaces. Most spaces are orange. Whenever you land on an orange space, you must follow the directions.

Blue Spaces. These spaces are optional. Whenever you land on a blue space, follow the directions only if you want to.

Green Spaces. These are PAY DAY spaces. Whenever you land on or pass a PAY DAY space, collect your salary from the bank.

Red Spaces. There are 3 of these spaces: JOB SEARCH, GET MARRIED and BUY A HOUSE. Whenever you reach a red space, stop - even if you have moves left. Follow the directions, then spin and move again. Red spaces have special directions which are explained separately."

From: Josephine
Date: Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:46:00 AM Europe/Amsterdam
To: PacketWranglers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: PacketWranglers Re: Viroid Flophouse
Reply-To: PacketWranglers@yahoogroups.com

Hello, all!
Johannes - Arizona is currently GMT minus 8 hrs.
and regarding dates for rehearsal: dates are ok, though the times are challenging. Though I am ok w it, I will have trouble getting a crew to help out that late (9 hr difference now). Any chance of making them earlier?
I think it's interesting, and somewhat amusing too, that the virus has "mutated" into a Borg/homeland-type superviral entity that requires sacrifice for the preservation of its society. are you still calling it virus goddess?
"virus diva goddess b_tch" comes to mind... ;-)
looking forward,
Josephine

On Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at 07:09 AM, jdm wrote:

Hi Johannes,
I hope your travels have been good. Hi Josephine. Sorry that I have not been quicker to respond. We have been crazy as loons around here lately. We now have our game up and running, and we will continue to add on to it. It would probably be best at this point if you sent motion data to us in the form of a number stream. I will email a vns patch to both of you, and I  will include our region maps, at least the first two. I believe that there will be two more for a total of four region maps that we will switch between. I will also include the osc objects and a basic osc patch that will need to be set up some by you (we can help, of course.) If you use these maps and send the data as I have it configured, then we will be able to understand your activity, in the context of the game, and respond to it appropriately. You will be able to see the results of your activity via the game display that we will stream to you..audio and video. When we test, we will probably let you play the game alone first to get a sense of how it works, and then try it in collaboration with a distant partner.
I think that the data sending approach will be easier to set up and debug then sending the motion video itself. My question for both of you is - is it possible for you to work with an overhead camera equipped with a wide angle lens? (It would be even better if you could work with two cameras and were able to switch between them in software.) We will also need to try and coordinate space size. Apryl or AJ, perhpas you can give Johannes and Jos an estimate of our gaming area size?
Warmest regards,

jdm

Ok guys, here is the patch and the two image maps for now. Let the testing
begin. Please place the region maps in the same folder as the patch.

Best,

Jdm

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